The Laureus World Sports Awards organizers have announced the list of nominations. In the “Best Male Sports Athlete” award category, 6 athletes were selected. Most notable is the presence of two football stars, Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe.

These are two stars who left a strong mark in the 2022 FIFA World Cup finals. While Mbappe won the title of top scorer with 8 goals (with France winning runner-up), Lionel Messi won the championship with the national team. Argentina, and was also honored as the Best Player of the tournament.

In the history of the Laureus award, only one football player has won the award for best male athlete in the world. That is Lionel Messi in 2020. With his shining performance in Qatar, Messi can absolutely win this award for the second time in his career.

Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe will compete for the “World’s Best Male Athlete” award with four other candidates: Max Verstappen (F1 – Netherlands), Dondo Duplantis (Athletics – Sweden), Rafael Nadal (Tennis – Spain) Nha) and Stephen Curry (Basketball – USA).

Meanwhile, in the category “Best team in the world”, there are 3 teams nominated: Argentina men’s team, Real Madrid Club and England women’s team.

Laureus World Sports Award is an annual award to honor outstanding individuals and groups of the year in the sports industry. This award was co-founded by Daimler AG and Richemont in 1999. The process of selecting winners of Laureus categories is very strict, so this is often considered the “Oscar of world sports” award. ”.

6 nominations for Laureus’s best male athlete of the year award